Synonyms for get up

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1. arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up(verb)

   rise to one's feet

   "The audience got up and applauded"

   Synonyms:
   prink, bristle, drum, rise, stick up, prepare, stand up, climb up, mug up, fancy up, hold water, deck out, elevate, uprise, hold up, place upright, trick up, rig out, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, deck up, dress up, arise, spring up, swot up, organise, come up, grow, originate, attire, organize, cram, swot, bob up, resurrect, tog out, grind away, ascend, tog up, develop, climb, raise, work up, trick out, prove, devise, move up, turn out, jump, gussy up, bone, fig out, bring up, stand, rear, mount, rise up, overdress, wax, bone up, machinate, fig up

   Antonyms:
   retire, kip down, hit the sack, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, sack out, crawl in, turn in, bed

2. get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise(verb)

   get up and out of bed

   "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

   Synonyms:
   prink, bristle, drum, rise, rebel, prepare, stand up, bone up, rig out, mug up, boot out, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, rotate, trick up, organize, heighten, surface, cut, fig up, go up, tog up, grind away, lift, climb up, deck up, cram, arise, spring up, turf out, swot up, come up, gussy up, bring up, swot, bob up, resurrect, tog out, originate, spread out, ascend, turn off, chuck out, exclude, develop, climb, raise, work up, switch off, attire, organise, prove, bone, move up, grow, turn out, jump, turn up, fig out, dress up, trick out, rear, splay, mount, eject, come out, overdress, wax, rise up, machinate, devise, bear

   Antonyms:
   go to sleep, kip down, turn in, bed, sack out, go to bed, hit the sack, crawl in, retire, hit the hay

3. raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up(verb)

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

   Synonyms:
   elevate, resurrect, rig out, hook, organise, cram, provoke, reboot, stand up, nobble, arise, overdress, fire, leaven, call forth, grow, repeal, abstract, kick upstairs, uprise, lift, heighten, vacate, upgrade, bone, advert, refer, put up, tog out, cabbage, turn out, tog up, set up, prink, reverse, trick up, go up, grind away, filch, name, raise, bring up, revoke, pilfer, dress up, levy, work up, conjure, recruit, upraise, sneak, rise, attire, move up, conjure up, fig out, rescind, fancy up, swot up, gussy up, devise, boot, enhance, come up, wind, pinch, arouse, prepare, swipe, advance, machinate, countermand, prove, put forward, invoke, enkindle, fig up, evoke, mug up, rear, cite, drum, annul, rustle, stir, elicit, hoist, mention, nurture, parent, swot, trick out, purloin, produce, erect, face-lift, kindle, snarf, plagiarize, overturn, promote, organize, deck out, plagiarise, airlift, farm, bone up, call down, deck up

   Antonyms:
   retire, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, bed, kip down, turn in, sack out, hit the hay, hit the sack

4. get up(verb)

   cause to rise

   "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

   Synonyms:
   prink, drum, rise, prepare, stand up, bone up, rig out, mug up, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, trick up, organize, fig up, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, gussy up, bring up, swot, tog out, raise, work up, attire, organise, bone, turn out, fig out, dress up, trick out, overdress, machinate, devise

   Antonyms:
   turn in, crawl in, retire, hit the hay, bed, go to bed, kip down, go to sleep, sack out, hit the sack

5. work up, get up(verb)

   develop

   "we worked up an as of an appetite"

   Synonyms:
   prink, drum, rise, prepare, stand up, build up, progress, mug up, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, gussy up, bring up, organize, ramp up, swot, work out, tog out, raise, work up, attire, organise, bone, turn out, fig out, dress up, trick out, devise, overdress, bone up, machinate, fig up, build

   Antonyms:
   sack out, bed, crawl in, hit the sack, retire, hit the hay, turn in, go to sleep, go to bed, kip down

6. overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out(verb)

   put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

   "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

   Synonyms:
   deck out, prink, drum, rise, dress, prepare, gussy up, bone up, mug up, fancy up, costume, elevate, uprise, barde, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, bring up, organize, window-dress, swot, caparison, organise, stand up, bard, raise, work up, attire, bone, turn out, fig out, dress up, trick out, devise, tog out, overclothe, overdress, machinate, fig up

   Antonyms:
   bed, hit the hay, turn in, retire, kip down, hit the sack, crawl in, go to sleep, go to bed, sack out

7. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate(verb)

   arrange by systematic planning and united effort

   "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

   Synonyms:
   conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, prepare, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educate, devise

   Antonyms:
   hit the hay, retire, turn in, crawl in, hit the sack, bed, kip down, sack out, go to sleep, go to bed

8. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone(verb)

   study intensively, as before an exam

   "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

   Synonyms:
   prink, rise, prepare, stand up, bone up, ram, fancy up, deck out, elevate, uprise, jam, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, drum, arise, swot up, gussy up, mug up, attire, dress up, swot, tog out, organise, beat, thrum, chock up, wad, raise, work up, trick out, bone, turn out, cram, bring up, devise, fig out, organize, jampack, overdress, debone, machinate, fig up

   Antonyms:
   go to bed, crawl in, go to sleep, retire, sack out, hit the sack, turn in, kip down, hit the hay, bed

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1. get up(verb)

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   sit down, go to bed

2. get up(verb)

   (literally) To move in an upwards direction; to ascend or climb.

   I'm having difficulty getting up the stairs.

   Synonyms:
   rise, stand up

   Antonyms:
   go to bed, sit down

3. get up(verb)

   To rise from one's bed (often implying to wake up)

   I didn't get up until midday.

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   sit down, go to bed

4. get up(verb)

   To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.

   Get up off the couch and clean this mess!

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   sit down, go to bed

5. get up(verb)

   To materialise; to grow stronger.

   As dusk fell a storm got up.

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   sit down, go to bed

6. get up(verb)

   To bring together, amass.

   The general got up a large body of men.

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   sit down, go to bed

7. get up(verb)

   To gather or grow larger by accretion.

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   go to bed, sit down

8. get up(verb)

   To go towards the attacking goal.

   Synonyms:
   stand up, rise

   Antonyms:
   go to bed, sit down

9. get up(verb)

   To criticise.

   He got up me about the mess I made in the kitchen.

   Synonyms:
   rise, stand up

   Antonyms:
   go to bed, sit down

10. get up(verb)

    To annoy.

    Synonyms:
    stand up, rise

    Antonyms:
    sit down, go to bed

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. get up

   Synonyms:
   (Active.) prepare, make ready

2. get up

   Synonyms:
   print and publish

3. get up

   Synonyms:
   (Neuter.) arise, rise

4. get up

   Synonyms:
   ascend, climb

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1. Bonnie St. John:

   I was ahead in the slalom. But in the second run, everyone fell on a dangerous spot. I was beaten by a woman that got up faster than I did. I learned that people fall down, winners get up, and gold medal winners just get up faster.

2. William Hsu:

   To be successful, you need an anti-establishment sensibility and a willingness to be contrarian, it’s what enables you to get up and do it.

3. Sandhya Kumar:

   With the spring time change, you essentially have to go to bed earlier and get up earlier, which is difficult for many of us to do, most of us end up losing 40 to 50 minutes of sleep those first few days—and as a nation that’s significantly sleep deprived to begin with, even that little change can impact health.

4. Linda Brown-Robinson:

   That is a learned behavior, they didn't just get up that morning and decide they were going to whomp on a young person of color.

5. Beth White:

   People are really clamoring to get up there, people have been dreaming about it since the 1990s, when most of the freight service went away.

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